CHAPTER VII What is said should be prepared only with the view of pleasing God
CHAPTER VII
What is said should be prepared only with the view of pleasing God
482. Let him therefore, who has undertaken the conflict of teaching, not give heed to the good reports of strangers, nor be cast down in spirit because of them; but composing his discourses so that he may please God; (and let this be his sole rule and plan for the best execution of them,—not plaudits, nor good reports;) if, indeed, he should also be praised by men, let him not repudiate their commendations; but if his hearers do not render them, let him neither seek for them, nor be vexed.
483. It will be to him a sufficient encouragement for his labours, and beyond them all, when he is conscious within himself, that he composes and arranges his doctrinal teaching with the view of pleasing God.